25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine)
The 25th Separate Airborne Brigade "Sicheslav" (Ukrainian: 25-та окрема повітрянодесантна Січеславська бригада) is an airborne formation of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces.
| 25th Separate Airborne "Sicheslav" Brigade | |
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| 25-та окрема повітрянодесантна «Січеславська» бригада | |
Brigade insignia | |
| Active | 5 June 1993 – present |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Branch | Ukrainian Air Assault Forces |
| Role | Air Assault Forces |
| Garrison/HQ | Hvardiiske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Motto(s) | No One But Us (Ukrainian: Ніхто, крім нас!) |
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| Decorations | For Courage and Bravery |
| Website | Official Facebook page |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Yuriy Sodol |
The brigade is the only airborne unit of Ukrainian Air Assault Forces which possesses BMD-1 and BMD-2 airborne infantry fighting vehicles, and is the only unit which can be deployed anywhere by parachute, together with armored vehicles, from Il-76MD aircraft.
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